Madison Fire Department EMS Training Captain Jen Román was honored in Washington, D.C., this summer at the 2018 Jefferson Awards.
The Jefferson Awards empower individuals to have maximum impact on the things they care about, to change their communities and the world, and to inspire action.
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Members of the Madison Fire Department and the patients they helped save from sudden cardiac arrest were honored at the 2018 EMS Survivor Banquet sponsored by the Dane County EMS Association, UW Health, and Dane County EMS.
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Emergency medical residents from UW Hospital traded their white coats for turnout gear in the 7th annual Doc Ops Day hosted at Madison College!
Doc Ops Day offers ER doctors the opportunity to get a taste of firefighting life while forging relationships with first responders they may encounter on the job.
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Family Visits Station 12 With Gratitude, And A Message For the Community
It’s not every day our members get a status update on the patients they’ve helped in a time of great need. That’s why the McKee family of Oregon, Wis., felt it was especially important to stop by Fire Station 12 to let the Firefighter/EMTs there know they made a big difference...
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37 members of the Madison Fire Department were honored at the 2017 EMS Survivor Banquet sponsored by the Dane County EMS Association and Dane County EMS. The annual event recognizes citizens who survived cardiac arrest and offers them the opportunity to meet the first responders who helped save their life.
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We at the Madison Fire Department want to wish a happy retirement to Nancy Robinson.
Nancy has been a very influential person to this department, having had a hand in the education and development of every paramedic at the MFD for the last 35 years.
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Fire department personnel and emergency room doctors work together every day, but how well do they understand each other’s work?
Thirteen doctors traded their white coats for firefighter turnout gear this week to participate in "Doc Ops Day" with the Madison Fire Department.
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The last time the Madison Fire Department saw Josh Buhr, the prognosis wasn’t good.
It was July 10, 2014 when Buhr, a construction worker, fell approximately 50 feet from the scaffolding of a downtown project.
“There’s no other way to say it: It’s a miracle he’s here,” said Chad Powell, one of the paramedics who responded to the emergency.
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An estimated 12,000 people will make their way to the University Ridge Golf Course this weekend for the 2016 American Family Insurance PGA Championship, and the Madison Fire Department is very much a part of the event.
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As they see it, saving lives is just what they're expected to do. It's part of the job.
That’s why the humble firefighters and paramedics of the Madison Fire Department sometimes get a little bashful when a spotlight shines upon them.
The spotlight shone brightly Saturday, February 13, as 78 MFD personnel were honored at the Dane County EMS Banquet.
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MFD Apparatus Engineer Wes Ecker (pictured in the background) has been hard at work on a virtual reality-based training system designed to allow firefighters to simulate real-life situations in a relatively safe environment.
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The Madison Fire Department responded to and successfully knocked down a fire that displaced two people and prompted the evacuation of an apartment complex on Calypso Road Sunday, January 10.
For the firefighters and paramedics housed at Station 3 (1217 Williamson Street), the call was their first opportunity to take on a fire scene as a brand new team.
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